# Timeout::Error (execution expired)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error-execution-expired/97545>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 26, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error-execution-expired/97545 "2006-01-26T12:58:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bogdan\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@Bogdan\_I](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Bogdan_I)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error-execution-expired/97545/1 "2006-01-26T12:58:16Z")

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I’ve been constantly getting in the recent days:  
Timeout::Error (execution expired):  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:54:in `new' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:206:in`old\_open’  
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in`timeout’

This has started one or two days ago, and never before. It is happening  
on  
various locations that most certainly should not take too long to  
execute.(and again, it never happened before)  
Is there a standard reason for this to happen?

Bogdan